ye shall not, &c. Compare Leviticus 19:27; Leviticus 19:28; Leviticus 21:5.Jeremiah 16:6; Jeremiah 41:5.
the dead. dead people (not dead bodies). No art. in Septuagint. Compare Deuteronomy 28:26 with article, and rendered rightly "carcase".
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Deuteronomy 14:1
1 Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.